Improvement in ironing-boards



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Letters Paten: N .107,469, dated sepmtber 20j, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of the same To all 'whom fit 'may concern Beit known that I, JAooB FISCHER, of l the city I of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a -newandvuseful Improvement in Ironing-'Board and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had .to the accompanying drawing, in whiche o Figure l is a porspective view of my improved ironing-hoard, and l Figure-2, is a likeview of the same, with the top board or cover plate removed.

Like' let-ters of reference indicate like parts ineach.

My invention relates to the construction of a hollow ironing-board or table, with perforated top, for use with steam.`

To enable others skilled in the artto make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe .its construction and mannerof use. f A

It is made of metal or wood, or other suitable material, by any of 'the known modes of manufacture;

It consists of .a hollow chamber, ac', of the length and width desired in the ironing=board or table, but it need not he of any great depth.

This chamhervaa is tightly inclosed on all sides, except on top, where it is covered by afinely-perfor'- ated plate or cover, b, as shown.

By means of a pipe, leading vto any suitable steam-generator, I supplyl the chamber u a with steam. l v

Ou top" ofthe plate b I place one or more layersof cloth, such as will permit the steam to pass through slowly, and, by a gradual condensation, give off its heat and moisture. The garments or articles to be ironed or smoothed are then laid on top and operated on by a heated iron or brush in'the usual way.

The moisture given oi by the steam keeps the articles, while being. ironed, in the condition requisite to prevent their burning, and'also requisite to secure the desired nish, whether they be starched or uustarched.

lI also find it often a matter of convenience so to con-l struct the ironingboard described, that steam will be admitted, sometimes to but a part of its perforated cover, and at other times to t-he whole. To accomplish this I divide the chamber-a a.' hy means of a close diaphragm, d, and then, by one' steam-pipe, c, discharge steam into the chamber a, and by another, c', into the chamber a. p

' Eachpipe is furnished with a cock, hy which to turn off or on. the supply of steam. Then, if'the.

clothes or articles to be ironed are large, I admit steam by both pipes, s'o as to use the whole surface of' the ironiug-board, but if they are small, I accomplish the desired result by the expenditure ot' a less amount of steam, and admit steam to only one of the compartments,u or a', intovwhich the chamber is divided.

The condensed water may he drawn oft' by cocks at any suitable point-s. The whole apparatus is cheap `in construction, easily used, and, inl either a steam laundry or family wash-room, will save a considerable amount of labor, and enable the' work to be done better and more expeditiously.

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. 1. A' hollow ironing-hoard or table, with finely-per fcrated top, and a steam-pipe for the supply of steam thereto, substantially as described.v f

2. 'An ironing-hoard or table, with its hollow chamber divided into two 'or more compartments by.y one or more diaphragms, d, a steam-pipe tov each, and a finely-perforated coverpvcr the whole, substantially as described. 4

In vtestimony whereof, I, the said J Aeon Frsounn,

have hereunto setmy hand. y

i 1 JACOB FISCHER.

' Witnesses: l

'JOHN GLENN,

G. H. CHRISTY. 

